1. What are the economic disadvantages for a nation in using a gold standard?
2. What are the four primary functions of money?
3. What are the different classifications of money used throughout history/ What is the difference between commodity and fiat money?
Use one –inch margins, 12 Character front, and single spacing
Many threads entwined, like a handmade quilt, to form a concept of power that encompasses and binds all those that participate. From the very beginning, the point of conception, we are constantly impacted by what appears to be random acts of irregularities observed in the immediate surroundings. We were brought into world torn between the values and activities of our caretakers and those that are held responsible for managing our environment. For the most part if we abide by the norms and rules of the governments and those organizations that hold us accountable, we become basically invisible to those that are in charge. However sometimes unintended events happen that leaves us helpless to the point we have to reach for those in government to helps us in our hour of need. Depending on who you deal with, an elected official, a career a public servant, or a private contractor, this could turn into a nightmare.
Your case study is to explore how politicians’, career civil servants and those private contractors employed by the government to deal with those challenges in an area of your interest. This could be problems that deal with the homeless, victims of natural disasters, health challenges, transportation, global warming and a whole host of local and global challenges. Unfortunately the government can’t solve all of our personal problems, but that doesn’t mean they are not allow to help when the opportunity arises. Enjoy.
For this project each student will learn and demonstrate competency in researching economics; that is, creatively designing a research question, locating pertinent and credible data to support an answer, and presenting results in a professional and articulate manner. The skill set practiced in this project is highly valued in business and government occupations. Follow these steps to complete the project:
“The mission of the Financial Accounting Standards Board is to establish and improve standards of financial accounting reporting for the guidance and education of the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of financial information.” (http://www.fasb.org)
Project Objective
Describe the history, current status, and adoption implications of a Financial Accounting Standards Board ongoing project.
Requirements
The FASB has several ongoing projects that involve the review of standards and which may result in updates and/or revisions of financial accounting standards. You should select an ongoing FASB project after visiting the Technical Plan and Project Updates sections of the FASB Web site.
In a five- to seven-page paper, you should describe the project, its history (briefly), and the project’s status. The final section of your paper should describe the implications of the project’s adoption. For example, a paper might discuss a project that would result in accelerating the recognition of certain expenses and require additional disclosures.
Specifically:
Familiarize yourself with the project, including information on the history and background of the project and its status.
Using resources at www.fasb.org (including free access to U.S. GAAP codification if you register at the Web site as explained), identify the relevant GAAP and current standards involved. Discuss the proposed change (i.e., what will be different?) and the reasons for the change.
Using at least three different databases in the UMUC library, find at least five sources of information on this FASB project. As you conduct research, identify an actual case that may have provided the impetus for this proposed change, or that would have been influenced by the proposed change. At least two sources should be from scholarly or professional journals. Maintain a research log to document your research process. You will find a research log template (sample research tracker) posted in Course Content.
Frequently the large Accounting Firms have extensive analyses of FASB topics. It is strongly recommended to become familiar with these websites. Occasionally they will also offer free webinars on FASB topics.
Prepare an annotated bibliography. See Course Content for more information and a sample annotated bibliography.
Identify stakeholders and the impact of the proposed change on each of the stakeholders (comment letters may provide good insight).
Deliverables
Write a five- to seven-page paper (APA format, single spaced, standard paper size, one-inch margins, and 12-pointfont) presenting the results of your work. Submit your paper, research log, and annotated bibliography by the due date, or as otherwise instructed. Cover pages, abstract/ executive summary, table of content if you chose to include or bibliography / reference lists do not count toward page count.
Format
Submit your paper and annotated bibliography as a Word document. The research tracker can be in either Word or Excel.
Grading
The written communication aspect of this assignment is weighted at 50 percent of the total assignment. The grading will be allocated equally in the following areas:
assignment management
organization and structure
evidence and arguments
readability, style, and mechanics
presentation
INFO-CLA
The annotated bibliography is worth 25% of the grade; and the research tracker is worth 25%.
Question 1 – 200 words
Health and Wellness Initiatives
Read the article “Be Healthy and Get Rewarded–Incentives Driving Engagement in Health and Wellness (https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnnosta/2014/04/09/be-healthy-and-get-rewarded-incentives-driving-engagement-in-health-and-wellness/.).” Taking into consideration some of the significant changes to health insurance policies, please review the article and address the following two questions. Explain your answers in at least 200 words.
As described in the article, what options do patients with preexisting health conditions have in regards to wellness initiative compliance?
Are the new health plans truly helping consumers to live a better and healthier lifestyle or are they actually hindering consumers ability to freely pursue getting proper treatment, if needed, due to the fear of high deductible costs?
Question 2 – 200 words
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
Discuss the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. What are the most prominent elements to understanding these two acts? How do they impact the employee and the organization?
PAPER – 4 PAGES
Social Security Programs
Conduct research on the current state of Social Security. Based on your research, write a three-to-five page paper (not including the title and reference pages). Your paper should be written in a scholarly third-person tone; it should be in APA format. The essay should address the following:
Explain the concept of Social Security as originally envisioned by President Roosevelt.
Evaluate the viability of Social Security within the next 20-30 years.
Provide two or three recommendations that would improve the viability of Social Security for the next generation.
Evaluate how these recommendations can best be implemented within the highly political environment that exists with this issue (including factors such as the implementation itself, communication, education, support, etc.).
In addition to the text, cite at least two scholarly references to support your discussion.
Assignment Content
For this project each student will learn and demonstrate competency in researching economics; that is, creatively designing a research question, locating pertinent and credible data to support an answer, and presenting results in a professional and articulate manner. The skill set practiced in this project is highly valued in business and government occupations. Follow these steps to complete the project:
1. Using the data covered in the Demography and Housing slides, generate five research questions to study (e.g. “Have home prices in the U.S. increased since 2010?”, “What is the racial composition of U.S. males?”). You are to create two research questions from Demography, two from Housing, and one from either category. You are to use at least 3 different data sources (e.g. census, CDC, NAR, etc.) in the overall project.
2. Excel File: For each research question create an Excel sheet with your data set and one graph. You are to use each of the following graphs once in the overall project:
ü Bar chart (horizontal or vertical)
ü Pie chart
ü Histogram
ü Frequency table,
ü Scatterplot (lined or unlined).
3. PowerPoint Presentation: For each question, create a PowerPoint slide containing one graph, up to three bullet points (optional), and hyperlinks to your data source website (make sure the links works). The PowerPoint should also contain an introduction slide (e.g. name, project #, and class).
4. Submission: Upload the Excel and PowerPoint file into the link provided in Blackboard by the due date (no e-mailed copies).
5. Grading: Project grade is weighted 50/50 for Excel/PowerPoint; however, both must be submitted to receive a score. Excel graphs must be derived from the data input in Excel. The PowerPoint is graded subjectively as a presentation to your fellow classmates so cosmetics, spelling, character size, color, creativity all matter.
6. Academic Integrity: Do not copy graphs from websites nor replicate another student’s work.
Instructions
Research the decomposition analysis of performance ratio and then be able to apply the ratios. You will need to respond to and explain the following:
Support
your paper with a minimum of five (5) external resources In addition to these
specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older
articles, may be included.
Length: 5-7 pages not including
title and reference pages
Your paper should demonstrate
thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and
provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your
response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.
Financial managers should be able to determine how risk factors into a company’s decision to expand or start a new project.
Use Mergent Online to access the company’s annual report to its stakeholders, then complete the following activities: (report is the attached file)
Retrieve and analyze the steps that the selected company uses for scenario and sensitivity analysis, risk management techniques, and how companies mitigate currency fluctuation risk for the launch of a new product/project.
Prepare your analysis in a minimum of 500 words with APA formatting.
